Free public service for Texas votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026
Scope and limitations
What this Texas guide covers
This guide covers all 18 contests and 47 printed choices decided by every Texas voter. District, county, local, and transaction-level coverage is outside this release.
Included
Published now
47 printed choices in all 18 statewide candidate contests
Ten certified statewide write-in candidates listed separately
The final ballot certification and statewide sample ballot
43 exact Texas Ethics Commission candidate or officeholder summaries
3 matched U.S. Senate FEC summaries
Registration, early voting, mail application, voter ID, Election Day, and ballot return rules
The official finding of zero statewide ballot measures
Ten statewide judicial elections, including the three Fifteenth Court of Appeals contests
Not included
Outside this release
Thirty-eight U.S. House district contests
State Board of Education and legislative district contests
Regional courts of appeals and trial court contests
County, municipal, school, and other local contests and measures
Six certified district-level write-in candidates
Separate political committees, independent expenditures, and outside spending
Transaction-level donor and expenditure analysis
Business, lobbying, contract, land, and conflict-record research
Known finance limits
1 finance summary unavailable
Brett BusbyNo office-matching July 15, 2026 candidate or officeholder record was located for this certified ballot name in the official Texas Ethics Commission totals file. Missing is not $0.
District contests, local ballots, and itemized finance
U.S. House, education board, legislative, regional judicial, trial court, county, municipal, school, and other local contests, plus itemized receipts and spending, are not included in this release.
Dataset comparison: Do not compare state datasets as if they use one method. Texas uses candidate or officeholder July Semiannual report totals for state and judicial candidates and FEC authorized-committee summaries for U.S. Senate candidates. Coverage periods differ by filer. Separate PACs and outside spending are not combined.